2015 Employment Report

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2015 Employment Report

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Table of Contents

Class Profile

3 Undergraduate Specializations

Job Offer Overview

4 Compensation Overview 9 Employment by U.S. Geographic Region

8 Base Salary by Industry

7 Employment by Industry

6 Base Salary by Function

5 Employment by Function

14 MBA Career Services & Employer Alliance Standards

12 Internship Activity Overview & Compensation

13 Hiring Organizations

11 Hiring Organizations

10 Base Salary by U.S. Geographic Region

Class of 2015 Full-Time Employment

Class of 2016 Internship Employment

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Entering Class Size

77

Mean Prior Work Experience

52 months

Mean Age of New Entrants

27 years

Median Age of New Entrants

27 years

Mean GMAT Score

645

Median GMAT Score

650

Mean Undergraduate GPA

3.4

Business

Technical

Other

39%

42%

19%

Undergraduate Specializations

Class Profile

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By graduation (May 10):

80.3%

By 3 months after graduation (August 10):

90.9%

By graduation (May 10):

71.2%

By 3 months after graduation (August 10):

86.4%

Job Offers Received

Base Salary

Signing Bonus

Other Compensation*

Job Offers Accepted

Job Offer Overview

Compensation Overview

Mean:

$101,072

Median:

$100,000

Maximum:

$135,000

Minimum:

$52,000

Percent receiving:

83%

Mean:

$15,614

Median:

$13,500

Maximum:

$40,000

Minimum:

$2,500

Percent receiving:

28%

Mean:

$15,413

Median:

$12,000

Maximum:

$50,000

Minimum:

$2,000

* Other Guaranteed Compensation may include other taxable payroll compensation such as a guaranteed annual bonus or guaranteed overtime compensation. It excludes stock options, tuition reimbursement, moving expenses, and relocation allowance monies. Note: Please see page 14 for details on the population that was surveyed for data included on pages 4-11.

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Note: Other Guaranteed Compensation may include other taxable payroll compensation such as a guaranteed annual bonus or guaranteed overtime compensation. It excludes stock options, tuition reimbursement, moving expenses, and relocation allowance monies

Operations/Logistics

Finance/Accounting

Marketing/Sales

Consulting

Other

24%

39%

4%

7%

26%

Employment by Function

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Base Salary by Function

Consulting

Finance and Accounting Marketing and Sales

Operations and Logistics

Mean

$117,000

$100,500

$92,346

$98,586

Median

$125,000

$112,500

$96,000

$100,000

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Technology

Manufacturing

Media/Entertainment

Healthcare

Consumer Products

Financial Services

Consulting

Retail

28%

14%

3.5%

3.5%

9 %

9 %

26%

7%

Employment by Industry

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Base Salary by Industry

Consulting

Healthcare

Financial

Services

Manufacturing

Retail

Technology

Mean

$114,929

$105,100

$90,400

$83,250

$108,333

$103,860

Median

$120,000

$103,000

$100,000

$86,000

$117,000

$100,000

Note: Due to an insufficient number of data points, meaningful and anonymous salary statistics could not be developed for the Media/Entertainment and Consumer Products Industries.

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28%

21%

9%

17.5%

17.5%

3.5%

Mid-Atlantic

Southwest

Midwest

Northeast

West

South

28%

21%

9%

17.5%

17.5%

3.5%

Employment by U.S. Geographic Region

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Base Salary by U.S. Geographic Region

Mid-Atlantic

Midwest

Northeast

Southwest

West

Mean

$93,100

$112,700

$97,840

$97,536

$117,000

Median

$93,000

$115,000

$102,500

$96,000

$125,000

Note: Due to an insufficient number of data points, meaningful and anonymous salary statistics could not be developed for the South Region of the U.S.

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(#) Denotes number of graduates hired by the company if greater than 1. (*) Denotes employer that hired an international student(s).

Hiring Organizations

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ZS Associates, Inc. (2) A.T. Kearney, Inc. (2)

4C Foods Corporation * AccuWeather, Inc. (2) *

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Agilent Technologies, Inc. ALDI GmbH & Co.

Amazon.com, Inc.

American Express Company Apple Inc. (2) *

Capital One Financial Corporation * Chevron Corporation

Citigroup Inc. Dell Inc. (11) *

Deloitte Consulting LLP (8) * Dow Chemical Company *

Verizon Communications Inc. PolyOne Corporation

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

United Technologies Corporation (2) Eli Lilly & Company (Taiwan), Inc. *

EY, LLP (2) *

IntelliQ Research and Strategy Johnson & Johnson (2)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. KPMG LLP *

Lazada Thailand *

Mars, Inc. (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) Michelin North America, Inc.

Moody’s Corporation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Pfizer Inc.

Facebook, Inc. *

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Class of 2016 Internship Employment Review

Notes: 1) Base salary data presented in a weekly format; multiply by 4.33 to convert to a monthly format. 2) Base salary data excludes other compensation items such as relocation, corporate housing, and

guaranteed “overtime” pay. Only paid internships are included in the data set.

3) Many firms include non-salary perquisites as part of the overall internship offering, which lowers average salary statistics and can make it difficult to accurately compare one offer against another.

Internship Activity Overview

Internship Compensation

Base Weekly Salary

Mean:

$1,535

Median:

$1,550

Maximum:

$2,406

Minimum:

$480

Base Salary by Function

Mean

Median

Max

Min

Consulting

$1,914

$2,033

$2,400

$800

Finance

$1,641

$1,700

$2,406

$920

Marketing

$1,356

$1,320

$1,894

$480

Operations/

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(#) Denotes number of graduates hired by the company if greater than 1. (*) Denotes employer that hired an international student(s).

Hiring Organizations

AB Volvo *

Accuweather, Inc. *

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc. (4) *

Apple Inc. (3) *

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.

Chesapeake Energy Cummins Inc. * Dell Inc. (7) *

Deloitte Consulting LLP (7) * Dow Chemical Company (2) Eastman Chemical Company Eli Lilly and Company (China) *

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Ford Motor Company

GlaxoSmithKline PLC Henry Schein *

ICM Partners

Indigo Biosciences, Inc. * Intel Corporation

Ivia LLC

Johnson & Johnson L’Oreal USA, Inc.

Michelin North America, Inc. Facebook, Inc. *

Environmental Credit Corp.

EY, LLP *

Pfizer Inc.

PPG Industries, Inc. (2)

Procter & Gamble Company

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2) Royal Bank of Canada *

Samsung Electronics America Sears Holdings Corporation (4) * TE Connectivity Inc. (2) *

The Walt Disney Company (3) Tronox Limited *

Tyco International Vanguard Group Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

United Services Automobile Ass. (USAA)

VWR International, LLC Rolls-Royce

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STATEMENTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE MBA CAREER SERVICES &

EMPLOYER ALLIANCE (MBA CSEA) STANDARDS

1) This report conforms to the MBA CSEA Standards (Edition V) for the reporting of MBA permanent employment statistics.

2) This report is compiled from data collected through September 10, 2015.

3) The Smeal MBA Program collected usable employment information for 100% of full-time, resident MBA students who graduated between July 1, 2014

and June 30, 2015.

4) The Smeal MBA Program received usable salary information from 93% of employed students. Compensation information is self-reported.

5) Students enrolled in the JD/MBA and MD/MBA dual-degree programs are not included in this report.

6) Base salary statistics exclude bonuses, commissions, benefits, perquisites, and stock options.

7) Employment and salary data contained on pages 4-10 are based on the 66 full-time, resident MBA students who were actively seeking employment.

8) MBA CSEA Standards currently do not exist for the reporting of MBA internship employment statistics. However, a similar methodology was employed in